Just what is he doing here?

We don't know. We've asked the writer and creator of this truly bizarre and enigmatic character, Peter Enright, but he consistently refuses to tell us. He claims that the suspense, surprise and excitement will disappear if the Tik-Tok Man's purpose is revealed. He prefers to leave subtle clues, like a game, we have to figure it out for ourselves, says he's not going to spoon feed us. He's probably right, he should know, after all, he is the screenwriter.

So who or what is he?

We don't know. Really, we don't. We know he doesn't sleep, speak, eat or use the toilet, so he is definitely not human. We know he likes dark suits, mirrored shades and shiny metallic briefcases. We know that if his human disguise is threatened in any way he kills in a heartbeat, without hesitation or emotion. We know that he possesses superhuman strength, that he can literally force itself through walls very slowly and that he can scan credit cards and add the funds to his bank account, which is a pretty neat trick. But that's about it. You'll have to watch the movie to know more...

Where does he come from?

Again, we can't answer that. Certainly not from around here, not this planet, not this dimension even. There is some doubt that he actually exists in the normal sense of the word. He may exist only in certain people's minds, which would explain his bizarre behaviour and abilities. One thing is for sure; now that he is here, we need to find out what he is up to without being committed to a nightmare lunatic asylum like the unfortunate protagonist Alex.

What can we do?

Nothing except stay away from him. Those that come into contact with the Tik-Tok Man frequently end up dead. Even the militsia are concerned at the growing number of bloody bodies found in the snow each morning. Someone or something is eradicating Moscow's criminal scum on a daily basis, which is not a bad thing according to Senior Homicide Detective Nikolai Popov. He'd prefer to just let this killer go unchecked for a few months and clean up the capital. But others disagree and try to arrest the Tik-Tok Man.

Big mistake.

The Tik-Tok Man: a brief history

1996

30 Aug. First recorded sighting of the entity designated as Neil A. Rellik at the kommunalka in Akademika Korolova. This entity was later nicknamed The Tik-Tok Man by Alex Hallet.

2010

12 Dec. Alex Hallett arrived in Moscow on an Aeroflot flight from London and checked into the Hotel Leningradskaya. Actual circumstances are unclear; unconfirmed eyewitness reports suggest that Hallett made a surprise visit to his former girlfriend Yana Stebleva who allegedly rejected him. There are also unconfirmed reports of a scuffle outside her apartment block in Avtozavodskaya.

2010

13 Dec. Hallett checked out of the Hotel Leningradskaya and checked into room #143 at the Hotel Spektre in Medvedkovo. At approx. 2100 that night in room # 142, a prostitute and her pimp were murdered and thrown through the window into the street below. Hallett was questioned by Senior Homicide Detective Nikolai Popov: Hallett claimed he had been listening to his iPod in the bath at the time of the murders and was therefore unaware of any unusual activity in the room next door. The hotel was emptied of guests and declared a crime scene. Hallett aparently spent the night sleeping rough and was allegedly attacked by homeless youths.

2010

14 Dec. Hallett broke into an unoccupied room in the kommunalka in Akademika Korolova and took refuge. He was in a severely depressed state of mind and stayed in his room for days on end getting drunk on cheap vodka and watching TV.

2010

15 - 27 Dec. Sometime during this period, Hallett began to observe and record the movements of the 'businessman' who occupied the room at the end of the corridor: the Tik-Tok Man entity. This is apparently the point at which he suffered some sort of total psychotic breakdown.

2011

8 Jan. CCTV footage confirms that Hallett followed the Tik-Tok Man from his room to his office at BARDAK Inc., located on the 16th. floor of the Foreign Ministry, where he filmed his subject through the window of an adjacent building for most of the day. That evening he followed the BARDAK Inc. receptionist to her apartment on Prospect Mira where militsia on foot patrol observed him filming through a ground floor window. When questioned, Hallett exhibited psychotic behaviour and was arrested. He attempted to escape but was apprehended and brought into Militsia Station #212 for questioning.

2011

9 Jan. Hallett was interviewed by the militsia medical officer and was deemed to be mentally unstable. That evening he was transferred to Psychiatric Hospital #72.

2011

10 Jan. Hallett was examined by mental disorder specialist Dr. Lena Barbash and diagnosed as an acute paranoid schizophrenic. During this time Hallett became aquainted with a patient in the secure ward named Dmitri Sutyagin, who claimed to know the Tik-Tok Man. Allegedly, Sutyagin told Hallett that he already had plans to kill the Tik-Tok Man, 'since it's not human, it's not murder.'